The Ultimate Fighter 20 Finale took place on Friday night in Las Vegas and was headlined by Carla Esparza winning the UFC women’s strawweight title with a submission victory against Rose Namajunas.
According to Nielson sources, the main card broadcast on Fox Sports 1 had an average audience of 989,000 viewers while the televised prelims had an average audience of 719,000 viewers. When it came to the peak of the broadcast, it happened during the main event with 1,219,000 viewers.
The main card number came in as one of the top 100 cable shows on Friday night and the show was the number three sports program in the Nielson Twitter TV ratings on that night. While the number was done from The Ultimate Fighter 19 Finale in June, it was up from the 903,000 for UFC Fight Night 58 late last month.
Following the main card, Fox Sports Live served as the post fight show and average 300,000 viewers from 11:48 p.m. t0 1 a.m., which is a 39 percent jump over its December 2013 average in the Friday 11:45 p.m. to 1 a.m. window (216,000).
Here is the history of the UFC Fight Night/Ultimate Fighter Finale preliminary viewership in 2014 on Fox Sports 1.
UFC Fight Night 35: 629,000 (Prelims – 220,000)
UFC Fight Night 36: 1,400,000
UFC Fight Night 38: 936,000 (Prelims – 369,000)
TUF Nations Finale: 641,000 (Prelims – 263,000)
UFC Fight Night 40: 655,000 (Prelims – 125,000)
TUF Brazil 3 Finale: 609,000 (Prelims – 560,000)
UFC Fight Night 42: 1,217,000 (Prelims – 812,000)
UFC Fight Night 44: 702,000 (Prelims – 500,000)
TUF 19 Finale: 1,000,000 (Prelims – 774,000)
UFC Fight Night 45: 640,000 (Prelims – 415,000)
UFC Fight Night 47: 735,000 (Prelims – 116,000)
UFC Fight Night 49: 689,000 (Prelims – 113,000)
UFC Fight Night 50: 911,000 (Prelims – 485,000)
UFC Fight Night 54: 413,000 (FX), 799,000 (Fox Sports 1), (Prelims – 102,000) *
UFC Fight Night 56: 699,000 (Prelims – 176,000)
UFC Fight Night 57: 903,000 (Prelims – 777,000)
TUF 20 Finale: 989,000 (Prelims – 719,000)
* – The main card was simulcasted on Fox Sports 1 from 12:07 a.m. ET – 1:02 a.m. ET.
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